FKIE_CVE-2025-12690

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-03-11 16:16 - Updated: 2026-05-07 20:55
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Execution with unnecessary privileges in Forcepoint NGFW Engine allows local privilege escalation.This issue affects NGFW Engine through 6.10.19, through 7.3.0, through 7.2.4, through 7.1.10.
References
psirt@forcepoint.comhttps://support.forcepoint.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Local-Privilege-Escalation-in-NGFW-EngineVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
forcepoint next_generation_firewall *
forcepoint next_generation_firewall *
forcepoint next_generation_firewall *
forcepoint next_generation_firewall 7.3.0
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